NTC Faculty Committees

Newcomb-Tulane College faculty committees address issues that impact all full-time undergraduate students, including curricular matters, major advising, and study abroad.

The Executive Committee shall be composed of seven faculty members, the secretary of the faculty (ex officio), and the dean of the Newcomb-Tulane College as chair. The committee shall meet on call of the dean, and a meeting must be called when requested by three or more of its members.

Executive Committee duties include:

  • To serve as an advisory committee to the dean on any matter of administration
  • To receive and act on routine reports of ordinary standing and special committees
  • To act for the faculty at the direction of the faculty
  • In addition to its annual report, the committee shall issue special reports when appropriate


Additional duties are described in the Newcomb-Tulane College Faculty Constitution


Chair: Mollye Demosthenidy, Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College

Voting Members: 

  • Will Bradshaw, School of Architecture, term 2004-2027
  • Elisabeth McMahon, School of Liberal Arts
  • Amy Pfimmer, School of Liberal Arts
  • Katherine Raymond, School of Science and Engineering
  • Harish Sujan, A. B. Freeman School of Business
  • Ganapathi Narayanamoorthy, A.B. Freeman School of Business
  • Meena Vijayaraghavan, School of Science and Engineering
  • Lauren Dunaway, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine


Ex Officio Members:

  • Kelly A. Grant, Senior Associate Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum & Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Adam McKeown, School of Liberal Arts, Secretary of the Faculty

The NTC Curriculum Committee deals with all matters relating to the College's Core Curriculum, as well as academic programs that involve more than one school. Course proposals flow through the CIM system and submissions should be made by logging in and using one of the admin links below. 

If you have questions regarding Core attributes and the review process or would like to submit other agenda items to this committee, please contact Cathy Marques at cmarques2@tulane.edu.

If you have questions or issues using CIM, please contact the Registrar via their Registrar Support Form at https://registrar.tulane.edu/.

The final deadlines for courses seeking Core attributes are as follows:

For Fall 2025 Courses:

Friday, January 17, 2025: Permanent courses must reach the NTC Curriculum Committee Coordinator in CIM by this date.
Friday, March 7, 2025: Special Topics courses must be submitted by this date. Please note that Special Topics courses can only carry Core attributes TWICE before they must be submitted to the NTC Curriculum Committee as permanent courses. Departments can request Core attributes for Special Topics courses via CLSS for NTC review.

CIM Admin Links (log in using your Tulane username and password)

 

The committee will meet on January 23rd, February 13th, March 13th and April 10th, 2025.

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Chair: F. Thomas Luongo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026

Voting Members:

  • F. Thomas Luongo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026
  • Meena Vijayaraghavan, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2025
  • Alireza Shirvani, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • Daniela Rivero Bryant, School  of Architecture, term 2024-2027
  • Stephanie Cheng, School of Business, term 2024-2027
  • E. Leung, School of Business, term 2024-2025
  • Sarah Michaels, School of Public Health, term 2024-2027
  • Adam McKeown, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027


Ex Officio Members:

  • Cathy Marques, Director of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Sarah Montes, Office of the Registrar
  • Lauren Briggs, Academic Advising Center

This committee maintains academic standards as established by the faculty and considers student petitions for waivers of academic policies and requirements. The committee will meet on January 21st, February 18th, March 11th and April 1st, 2025.

Please use this form to submit an academic policy change proposal for consideration by Newcomb-Tulane College. 

Chair: Jill Stoll, School of Architecture, term 2024-2026

Voting Members:

  • William Balee, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2025
  • Aaron Maus, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • Oana Sabo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027* (on Spring 2025 sabbatical; 1-semester replacement will be Nghana Lewis, English)
  • Mike Hogg, School of Business, term 2024-2027
  • Sanda Groome, School of Business, term 2024-25
  • Jill Stoll, School of Architecture, term 2024-2026
  • Kim Sherman, School of Science & Engineering, term 2022-2025
  • Lorelei Cropley, School of Public Health, term 2024-2025


Ex Officio Members:

  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Cathy Marques, Director of College of Curriculum and Academic Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Kathleen Mcbride, College Advising
  • Lauren Briggs, College Advising

This committee establishes academic policies and procedures relating to study abroad. This committee will meet on February 21, 2025 and April 23, 2025.

Chair: Emilia Oddo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026

Voting Members: 

  • Tatsuya Murakami, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Eva Silvestre, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, term 2024-2027
  • Emilia Oddo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026
  • Ashley Nelson, School of Business, term 2024-2026
  • Alex Gunderson, School of Science & Engineering, term 2022-2025
  • Ashley Nelson, School of Business, term 2024-2025
  • Juan Medina Revilla, School of Architecture, term 2024-2027
  • Katie Black, School of Science & Engineering, term 2023-2026


Ex Officio Members:

  • Annie Gibson, Office of Study Abroad
  • Dolores Hemphill, Academic Advising Center
  • Valerie McGinley, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
  • Mary Hicks, School of Business
  • Roxanne Davila, School of Liberal Arts

This committee shall make recommendations on policies and procedures pertaining to the Code of Academic Conduct to the faculty and the committee appoints panels for hearing appeals of honor board verdicts. This committee will meet on September 23rd and November 11th, 2024.

Chair: Kenneth Schwartz, School of Architecture

Voting Members: 

  • David Corey, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • Sara Clark, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • Michelle Sanchez, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • WT Godbey, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027
  • Scott Nolan, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Maxwell Dulaney, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Claire Senot, School of Business, term 2024-2027